Home theatre system

Home theatre system

Of or relating to private home entertainment set-ups that seek to reproduce the cinema going experience with the help of video and audio equipment.

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High-definition multimedia interface (HDMI)

Consumer electronics; Home theatre system

A new connexion standard for feeding signals from sources to output devices in digital format. This carries both uncompressed digital video (in a form compatible with DVI) and uncompressed digital ...

Shadow mask

Consumer electronics; Home theatre system

A part of a CRT TV tube. This is a barrier within the tube, placed between the electron guns at the narrow end and the phosphor screen at the wide end. It consists of plate with thousands of ...

Widescreen enhanced

Consumer electronics; Home theatre system

A picture format used for widescreen movies on DVD. See Anamorphic for a full explanation.

Phonogram

Consumer electronics; Home theatre system

An old name for a record player, that is, a combined system with turntable, amplifier and speakers, usually all contained in one cabinet.

Tip ring sleeve (TRS)

Consumer electronics; Home theatre system

Another name for a 6.25mm (or 1/4") stereo jack. This terminology tends to be used in professional audio and these plugs tend to be wired for balanced mono operation.

Infinite baffle

Consumer electronics; Home theatre system

Another term for acoustic suspension. The term is descriptive, in that if the baffle of a loudspeaker were to be infinitely extended in all directions, there could be no movement of air between the ...